personhood
pronunciation
How to pronounce personhood in British English:
UK ['pɜ:snhʊd]
How to pronounce personhood in American English:
US ['pɜsənhʊd]
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- Noun:
- being a person
Word Origin
- personhood (n.)
- 1878, from person + -hood.
Example
- 1. You promised me well personhood , serious person !
- 2. Our company makes the objective : is beforehand the personhood .
- 3. Activists have also tried to get " personhood " measures-defining life as beginning at fertilisation-on to the ballots of several states in recent election cycles .
- 4. But why think that implantation confers personhood ?
- 5. Personhood supporters say the measure would not ban in-vitro fertilisation , but neither would it permit unused embryos to be destroyed .